Paris is Green
Erik and I have completed our second assignment this week, the focus was where we now live or things we left behind, I chose to do the former. Originally I had planned to make all my pictures at night, focusing on the quiet of Paris at night, but those will come another time (they needed more work and did not flow). I ended up focusing instead on the greenery in Paris. Despite the flaws in this submission, primarily that the images don’t fully work together, I am happy with the individual images.
Patrick Relaut
During our first few weeks in France Mélanie and I spent the time with her family. Here are two pictures of her father, Patrick Relaut. Despite a pretty significant language barrier, he speaks about as much English as I speak French, we would find small ways to communicate. He has a friendly disposition and welcoming spirit and we were able to get by with gestures, pointing and laughs. He is also a great cook.
Self-Portrait
Recently my friend Erik Haugsby and I began a project together. We both attended the University of Missouri studying photojournalism and we have both recently moved out of the country. While looking for images and getting acquainted to our new cities (Paris for me and Innsbruck, Austria for Erik) we have decided to give ourselves weekly assignments to keep shooting and trying new things.
Our first assignment was to make self portraits and try to capture something of ourselves in them. These are my 3 selections (we will probably do 3 pictures for each assignment). Would love any thoughts and opinions you might have; what works, what doesn’t, what I got completely wrong.
On the Street
Some recent pictures from walks around Paris I’ve been taking. There might not be a better city for street photography than Paris.
The French Countryside
Various locations in the French countryside around Paris.
Les Andelys, France
Paris Plages
Since getting to Paris I’ve been looking for something interesting to photograph, an interesting visual project to keep my brain active and just to have some fun…as well as overcome a creative block.
I was drawn to the Paris Plages because it seemed so unique. To explain, Paris Plages are artificial beaches created in the city for Parisians and tourists to relax in the sun, play foosball, have a beer or just stair at people. The beaches lasted a month, from July 20 to August 19.
Although there were several across the country, the one I photographed was in the center of Paris on the Seine River between the Louvre and Hôtel de Ville.
Monet’s Garden – Giverny
Just an hour outside of Paris is the small town of Giverny where Claude Monet lived and painted his famous waterlilies. The town is a beautiful expanse of greenery culminating with his impressive garden.
Low Tide
On the coast of France the difference between high and low tide is dramatic. Expanses of land, covered by water during high tide are sit dry during low. Boats can only enter or leave when the water level is high so sailing must be timed with the tides.
Le Conquet.
Le Conquet.
Île-de-Batz.
Portsall, Ploudalmézeau.
Le Conquet.
Le Conquet – rising tide.
